 | John Owen - 1826 - 686 pages
...all my pleasure ;' Isa. xlvi. 10. 'For the children being not yet born, neither having done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election, might stand ;' as Rom. ix. 11. ' The foundation of God fitandeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth who are... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...person, was distinguished by a love which was denied to his brother Esau. "For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that...according to election, might stand, not of works, hut of him that calleth; it was said, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 pages
...what does St. Paul? Hear his answers. ' Before the children were born, befcre they had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, he saith, the elder shall serve the younger. Jacob have I loved, but Esau havo I hated. I will have... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; f. 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might staad, not Ilia power known, endured with much lorn-suffering- the •essels of wrath fitted to detruetion:... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...Bootl. Good works, indeed, are not the causes of God's act of election ; " For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might itand, not of works, hut of him that calleth; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger;... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...Rehecca had also conceived hy one, ecen hy our father Isaac, t 11 (For the children heing not yet hom, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election might ttand, not of works, hut of him tiatt calleth 0 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1829 - 358 pages
...that the children not being yet born, nor having done either good or evil — the apostle says, " that the purpose of God according to election might stand : not of works," (on which the Jews so much relied, as if their rituals brought debt on the Almighty,) " but of Him... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pages
...; the children moreover being not yet born, neither having done any good, or evil, that the promise of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that callcth ; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, "Jacob have I... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 648 pages
...children of God ; but the children of the promise arc counted for the seed. For the children, being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according_ to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said, " The elder... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pages
...; the children moreover being not yet born, neither having done any good, or evil, that the promise of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that callcth ; it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, "Jacob have I... | |
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And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaae, 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him... 
